Buyer

Zachary Daniels Recruitment; St Albans; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Hybrid work

Job summary

Zachary Daniels Recruitment is partnering with a fast-growing convenience retailer in St Albans to recruit a Buyer into their busy Trading team. This hybrid role offers ownership of a category portfolio across UK stores and exposure to pricing and supplier negotiation.

You will manage FMCG, convenience and category categories, build supplier partnerships, and use trading data to spot opportunities. The role rewards commercial drive and decisive decision-making in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in buying or category management.
• Experience across FMCG, convenience, forecourt, retail or wholesale would be ideal.

Responsibilities

• Managing your own category portfolio across a large UK store estate.
• Negotiating with suppliers to deliver sales, margin and income.
• Building and developing strong supplier partnerships.
• Using customer, market and trading data to spot opportunities.
• Driving pricing and promotional activity.
• Identifying new ways to grow your categories and improve the customer offer.
• Working closely with the wider Trading team to deliver the commercial strategy.

Job description

Buyer | FMCG | Convenience

St Albans | Hybrid | up to £60k plus car allowance

Ready to take ownership of a high-profile buying role where you can genuinely make an impact?

We're working with one of the UK's fastest-growing convenience retail businesses, and they're looking for a Buyer to join their busy Trading team.

With a huge store estate across the UK and an ambitious growth strategy, this is a brilliant opportunity for a commercially minded Buyer who loves the pace of convenience retail and wants plenty of ownership.

So, what's the role?

You'll take responsibility for a portfolio of FMCG, retail and convenience categories, working closely with suppliers to build strong relationships and deliver the best possible commercial results.

You'll be getting stuck into:

• Managing your own category portfolio across a large UK store estate
• Negotiating with suppliers to deliver sales, margin and income
• Building and developing strong supplier partnerships
• Using customer, market and trading data to spot opportunities
• Driving pricing and promotional activity
• Identifying new ways to grow your categories and improve the customer offer
• Working closely with the wider Trading team to deliver the commercial strategy

What are they looking for?

We're looking for a Buyer or Category Manager with 3+ years' experience who is commercially sharp, confidently negotiating with suppliers and comfortable making decisions based on data.

Experience across FMCG, convenience, forecourt, retail or wholesale would be ideal.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who enjoys taking ownership, challenging the norm and getting stuck into a fast-paced environment.

Why this one?

This isn't a role where you'll be hidden away in a huge corporate structure. You'll have real ownership, visibility and influence, working alongside an experienced commercial team in a business that is growing, evolving and doing things differently.

If you're ambitious, commercially driven and ready for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

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